We no longer want to be a melting pot, because we don't understand what is already melted.

The blues is always there. It's going to be hard out here, but it's all right. It's all right, and that's what the blues teaches you. You got to roll with the punches and find your equilibrium.

One thing about excellence, it&Mac226;s an exclusive club. And it&Mac226;s only for those who really want to pay dues to the s--. My daddy told me when I was a boy: The only way you can be different from other people is to do some s-- they don't want to do.

Nothing else will ever capture the democratic process in sound as perfectly as Jazz.

Don't settle for style. Succeed in substance.

The only justification for looking down on anyone is that you're going to stop and pick them up.

Ethics are more important than laws.